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Bolton's static world
Bolton's static world
I like John Bolton. I really do. But he goes way off base in an op-ed in today's Washington Post. Bolton assumes that the State Department's view of the world is correct: that Israel's conflict with the Arabs is about land and not about Israel's 'right' to exist as a Jewish state in the Jewish ...
On Gaza, Sense and Centrism
On Gaza, Sense and Centrism
forward.com — Opinion Wars sicken me, even wars that I support. I support Israel’s offensive in Gaza, but watching it on TV — the images of bombed-out buildings, crying women and, inevitably, the bodies of innocent bystanders — is a painful experience. I suspect ... (more) On Gaza, Sense and Centrism
Iran's Postmodern Beast in Gaza - The Atlantic (January 5, 2009)
theatlantic.com — Israel has just embarked on a land invasion of the Gaza Strip after a week of aerial bombing. Gaza is bordered by Egypt, and was under Egyptian military control from 1949 through 1967. And yet in a startling rebuke to geography and recent history and ... (more) Iran's Postmodern Beast in Gaza - The Atlantic (January ...
Marc Lynch | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
lynch.foreignpolicy.com — Not Jordanians . Since severing ties with the West Bank in 1988, Jordan settled on a consensus position for dealing with contentious issues of Jordanian-Palestinian relations: "Jordan is Jordan and Palestine is Palestine". There is no Jordan option ... (more) Marc Lynch | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
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Bolton: “two-state solution based on the PA is stillborn.”
Israpundit — ... observers” or the like cannot come close to what is necessary; we need real states with real security forces. Atlas Shrugs is against the plan arguing that I do not agree with Bolton’s three state solution - the only real solution is Israel keeps Israel’s land. Judea and Samaria is Jewish land. Period. Stop expelling Jews from Jewish land. It is the Arabs in Israel that must be expelled. I agree. Israel Matsav is also against a three state solution but for a different, but equally ...

Advantage Krauthammer
Yourish.com — ... (extremely reluctantly). While there are certainly solid objections to Egyptian rule, it is likely a better choice than the ineffectual PA. ...

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